UPFRONT | News Acupuncturists, Registered Massage Therapists, and Tradi-tional Chinese Medicine Practitioners. 2. In order to practice acupuncture in Ontario, practitioners do not have to register with The College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of Ontario (CTCMPAO). Practitioners with acupuncture in their scope of practice are only required to meet the requirements of their own professional regula-tory college to practice acupuncture. 3. The College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of Ontario (CTC-MPAO), does not regulate the practice of Acupuncture in Ontario. It only regulates the practice of two new health care professions: Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner and Registered Acupuncturist, both of which include acu-puncture within their scope of practice. To further clarify the topic, following is an extract from BILL 50, TCM Act 2006 that specifically names the seven professions (in addition to Medical Doctors and Naturo-pathic Doctors and persons administering acupuncture as part of an addiction treatment program) that are excluded from the regulatory powers of the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of Ontario, created by the Bill: Complementary Amendments to CHAPTER 27 An Act respecting the regulation of the profession of traditional Chinese medicine, and making comple-mentary amendments to certain Acts Assented to December 20, 2006 Note: This Act amends or repeals more than one Act. For the legislative history of these Acts, see Public Statutes – Detailed Legislative History on www.e-Laws.gov.on.ca. O. Reg 107/96 19. (1) Paragraph 1 of section 8 of Ontario Regula-tion 107/96 (Controlled Acts) under the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 is revoked. (2) Section 8 of the Regulation is amended by add-ing the following subsections: (2) Subject to subsection (4), a person who is a member of a College listed in Column 1 of the Table is exempt from subsection 27 (1) of the Act for the purpose of performing acupuncture, a procedure performed on tissue below the dermis, in accordance with the standard of practice and within the scope of practice of the health profession listed in Column 2. TABLE Column 1 1. College of Chiropodists of Ontario 2. College of Chiropractors of Ontario 3. College of Massage Therapists of Ontario 4. College of Nurses of Ontario 12 Canadian Chiropractor July/August 2013 5. College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario 6. College of Physiotherapists of Ontario 7. Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario Occupational Therapy Physiotherapy Dentistry (3) Subject to subsection (4), a person who is registered to practice under the Drugless Practitioners Act by The Board of Directors of Drugless Therapy is exempt from subsection 27 (1) of the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 for the purpose of performing acupuncture, a procedure performed on tissue below the dermis, in accordance with the practice of the profession. (4) A person mentioned in subsection (2) or (3) is exempt from subsection 27 (1) of the Act for the purpose of performing acu-puncture only if he or she has met the standards and qualifications set by the College or The Board of Directors of Drugless Therapy, as the case may be. (5) A person is exempt from subsection 27 (1) of the Act for the purpose of performing acupuncture, a procedure performed on tissue below the dermis, if the acupuncture is performed as part of an addiction treatment program and the person performs the acupuncture within a health facility. In Conclusion: With the following clarifications, interested parties could quickly correct the misrepresentation of the meaning of the full proclamation of the 2006 TCM Act, in all forms of communications and policies, specifically these facts: 1. Acupuncture is not a regulated profession in On-tario. Acupuncture is a “regulated treatment procedure” and service that 11 professions can provide legally in Ontario, each within their scope of practice: Chiropodists, Chiropractors, Dentists, Medical Doctors, Naturopathic Doctors, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Registered Acu-puncturists, Registered Massage Therapists, and Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners. 2. In order to practice acupuncture in Ontario, prac-titioners do not have to register with The College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acu-puncturists of Ontario (CTCMPAO). Practitioners with acupuncture in their scope of practice are only required to meet the requirements of their own professional regulatory college to practice acupuncture. 3. The College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of Ontario (CTC-MPAO), does not regulate the practice of Acupuncture in Ontario. It only regulates the practice of two new health care professions: Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner and Registered Acupuncturist, both of which include acu-puncture within their scope of practice. These are our recommendations to the insurance industry: 1. The provision of acupuncture services (or the generic name “Acupuncture”) should not be confused with the prac-tice of any specific health care profession in Ontario, includ-ing the new professions of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner and Registered Acupuncturist. From a legal www.canadianchiropractor.ca Column 2 Chiropody Chiropractic Massage Therapy Nursing
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